PAGASA: Two tropical cyclones could enter Philippines in coming days

State weather bureau PAGASA said Thursday that two tropical cyclones could enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in the coming days.

At a Laging Handa public briefing, PAGASA Administrator Undersecretary Vicente Malano said in the next three days, no tropical cyclone was forecast to enter PAR.

However, two tropical cyclones are  seen to enter the country after those three days.

"Ayon po sa ating mga datos na nakikita sa ngayon, wala po tayong nakikitang mga sama ng panahon o bagyo sa susunod na tatlong araw. Mayroon tayong inaasahan, after three days... may mangyayari na inaasahan po natin na may bagyo, tropical cyclone na papasok sa ating Philippine Area of Responsibility," Malano said.

(We don't see any tropical cyclone entering the country in the next three days. We are, however, expecting that after three days, a tropical cyclone will enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility.)

"Ang characteristics po nitong dalawang bagyo na nakikita po natin ay kamukha po ng nakaraang dalawang bagyo na pumasok dito sa Philippine Area of Responsibility itong si Caloy at Domeng na si Domeng papuntang Norte at 'yung isa namin nanggaling sa West Philippine Sea at pumunta po siya ng China area," he added.

(The characteristics of these two tropical cyclones are similar to weather disturbances Caloy and Domeng, which entered PAR recently. Domeng headed towards the northern part of the country while the other one traversed the direction going to China.)

PAGASA has said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will bring inclement weather over Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

It said Metro Manila and the rest of the country would have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. — RSJ, GMA News